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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Good books on Norm-Referenced Tests
Amen, It would still be worth reading. Deb >If you can find it, the National Association of Elementary School Principals >published two issues in 1975, one on IQ (March/April) the next on achievement >testing (july/August). The articles were simply excellent and mostly very >well written. What was not prevalent then as now were a) high stakes for >individuals, and b) the attempts to make standards-based tests supposedly >good enough to teach to. But much of the critique of the tests remains very >cogent, and being not-too-long articles, they are not so hard to copy and >use. The material was published as a book titled The Myth of Measurability, >ed. by Paul Houts. > >I have yet to read Peter Sacks' book, but an article he did a year or so ago >was excellent and I've talked with him, and of course trust my colleague Bob. > >Monty Neill > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L >to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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